The periodicity and recurrence of lunar (and solar) eclipses is governed by the Saros cycle, a period of approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). When two eclipses are separated by a period of one Saros, they share a very similar geometry. The two eclipses occur at the same node[1] with the Moon at nearly the same distance from Earth and at the same time of year. Thus, the Saros is useful for organizing eclipses into families or series. Each series typically lasts 12 to 15 centuries and contains 70 or more lunar eclipses.
Lunar eclipses of Saros 62 all occur at the Moon’s ascending node and the Moon moves southward with each eclipse. The series began with a penumbral eclipse near the northern edge of the penumbra on -0624 Feb 08. The series ended with a penumbral eclipse near the southern edge of the penumbra on 0692 Apr 06. The total duration of Saros series 62 is 1316.20 years. In summary:
First Eclipse = -0624 Feb 08 07:39:48 TD
Last Eclipse = 0692 Apr 06 23:36:07 TD
Duration of Saros 62 = 1316.20 Years
Saros 62 is composed of 74 lunar eclipses as follows:
| Lunar Eclipses of Saros 62 | |||
| Eclipse Type | Symbol | Number | Percent |
| All Eclipses | - | 74 | 100.0% |
| Penumbral | N | 34 | 45.9% |
| Partial | P | 14 | 18.9% |
| Total | T | 26 | 35.1% |
The 74 lunar eclipses in Saros 62 occur in the order of 10N 7P 26T 7P 24N which corresponds to:
10 Penumbral
7 Partial
26 Total
7 Partial
24 Penumbral
The longest and shortest eclipses of Saros 62 are as follows.
Longest Total Lunar Eclipse: 0025 Mar 03 Duration = 01h45m28s
Shortest Total Lunar Eclipse: -0318 Aug 10 Duration = 00h04m56s
Longest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0151 May 18 Duration = 03h21m24s
Shortest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0444 May 26 Duration = 00h46m52s
Longest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 0277 Aug 01 Duration = 04h27m25s
Shortest Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: -0624 Feb 08 Duration = 00h43m42s
The largest and smallest magnitude partial eclipses of Saros 62 are:
Largest Partial Lunar Eclipse: 0151 May 18 Magnitude = 0.9208
Smallest Partial Lunar Eclipse: -0444 May 26 Magnitude = 0.0380
Local circumstances at greatest eclipse[2] for every lunar eclipse of Saros 62 are presented in the following catalog. For eclipses occurring between the years -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE), the sequence number in the first column links to a eclipse geometry diagram and a map from Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000. A detailed key and additional information about the catalog can be found at: Key to Catalog of Lunar Eclipse Saros Series.
TD of Phase
Seq. Rel. Calendar Greatest Luna Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ----
Num. Num. Date Eclipse ΔT Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total
s m m m
01 -36 -0624 Feb 08 07:39:48 19006 -32454 N h- 1.5550 0.0224 -1.0129 43.7 - -
02 -35 -0606 Feb 18 15:27:17 18727 -32231 N t- 1.5278 0.0724 -0.9629 78.5 - -
03 -34 -0588 Feb 29 23:04:08 18449 -32008 N t- 1.4929 0.1363 -0.8990 107.5 - -
04 -33 -0570 Mar 12 06:30:25 18173 -31785 N t- 1.4505 0.2142 -0.8211 134.3 - -
05 -32 -0552 Mar 22 13:46:39 17900 -31562 N t- 1.4007 0.3058 -0.7298 159.6 - -
06 -31 -0534 Apr 02 20:53:22 17628 -31339 N t- 1.3440 0.4100 -0.6261 183.7 - -
07 -30 -0516 Apr 13 03:50:34 17359 -31116 N t- 1.2805 0.5269 -0.5101 206.6 - -
08 -29 -0498 Apr 24 10:40:33 17084 -30893 N t- 1.2117 0.6538 -0.3843 228.1 - -
09 -28 -0480 May 04 17:24:01 16765 -30670 N t- 1.1379 0.7899 -0.2498 248.2 - -
10 -27 -0462 May 16 00:01:49 16456 -30447 N t- 1.0601 0.9338 -0.1079 266.8 - -
11 -26 -0444 May 26 06:36:23 16155 -30224 P t- 0.9799 1.0823 0.0380 283.8 46.9 -
12 -25 -0426 Jun 06 13:08:38 15862 -30001 P t- 0.8981 1.2338 0.1866 299.1 102.0 -
13 -24 -0408 Jun 16 19:41:05 15576 -29778 P t- 0.8168 1.3847 0.3341 312.6 133.9 -
14 -23 -0390 Jun 28 02:12:52 15298 -29555 P t- 0.7353 1.5362 0.4817 324.6 157.6 -
15 -22 -0372 Jul 08 08:48:47 15027 -29332 P t- 0.6574 1.6812 0.6226 334.9 175.5 -
16 -21 -0354 Jul 19 15:27:26 14762 -29109 P t- 0.5819 1.8220 0.7588 343.7 189.7 -
17 -20 -0336 Jul 29 22:13:02 14504 -28886 P t- 0.5126 1.9516 0.8838 351.0 200.6 -
18 -19 -0318 Aug 10 05:03:13 14251 -28663 T t- 0.4474 2.0737 1.0009 357.1 209.3 4.9
19 -18 -0300 Aug 20 12:03:15 14004 -28440 T t- 0.3904 2.1807 1.1031 362.0 215.7 51.3
20 -17 -0282 Aug 31 19:09:38 13762 -28217 T p- 0.3389 2.2778 1.1952 366.0 220.6 68.5
21 -16 -0264 Sep 11 02:25:28 13525 -27994 T p- 0.2954 2.3600 1.2726 369.1 224.2 78.7
22 -15 -0246 Sep 22 09:49:03 13294 -27771 T+ pp 0.2584 2.4302 1.3383 371.6 226.9 85.6
23 -14 -0228 Oct 02 17:22:38 13067 -27548 T+ pp 0.2300 2.4843 1.3883 373.5 228.7 89.9
24 -13 -0210 Oct 14 01:03:18 12844 -27325 T+ pp 0.2072 2.5280 1.4284 374.9 229.9 92.8
25 -12 -0192 Oct 24 08:51:03 12626 -27102 T+ pp 0.1902 2.5606 1.4580 376.0 230.8 94.7
26 -11 -0174 Nov 04 16:44:45 12412 -26879 T+ pp 0.1782 2.5839 1.4789 376.7 231.4 96.0
27 -10 -0156 Nov 15 00:43:42 12202 -26656 T+ pp 0.1708 2.5983 1.4919 377.2 231.7 96.7
28 -09 -0138 Nov 26 08:44:12 11996 -26433 T+ pp 0.1644 2.6104 1.5033 377.5 231.9 97.3
29 -08 -0120 Dec 06 16:46:18 11793 -26210 T+ pp 0.1594 2.6195 1.5124 377.6 232.1 97.7
30 -07 -0102 Dec 18 00:46:42 11594 -25987 T+ pp 0.1529 2.6309 1.5248 377.5 232.4 98.4
31 -06 -0084 Dec 28 08:45:39 11398 -25764 T+ pp 0.1452 2.6442 1.5398 377.3 232.6 99.1
32 -05 -0065 Jan 08 16:38:18 11206 -25541 T+ pp 0.1325 2.6662 1.5643 377.1 233.0 100.2
33 -04 -0047 Jan 19 00:27:01 11016 -25318 T+ pp 0.1164 2.6941 1.5954 376.8 233.4 101.4
34 -03 -0029 Jan 30 08:07:01 10829 -25095 T+ pp 0.0933 2.7346 1.6396 376.4 233.9 102.9
35 -02 -0011 Feb 09 15:40:17 10645 -24872 T+ pp 0.0643 2.7856 1.6950 375.8 234.4 104.2
36 -01 0007 Feb 20 23:03:27 10462 -24649 T+ pp 0.0268 2.8521 1.7661 375.1 234.7 105.2
37 00 0025 Mar 03 06:19:48 10282 -24426 T- pp -0.0166 2.8684 1.7873 374.0 234.5 105.5
38 01 0043 Mar 14 13:26:49 10104 -24203 T- pp -0.0678 2.7719 1.6958 372.6 233.8 104.4
39 02 0061 Mar 24 20:25:56 9927 -23980 T- pp -0.1262 2.6622 1.5911 370.5 232.2 101.4
40 03 0079 Apr 05 03:17:40 9752 -23757 T- pp -0.1912 2.5405 1.4743 367.7 229.5 95.7
TD of Phase
Seq. Rel. Calendar Greatest Luna Ecl. Pen. Um. ---- Durations ----
Num. Num. Date Eclipse ΔT Num Type QSE Gamma Mag. Mag. Pen. Par. Total
s m m m
41 04 0097 Apr 15 10:03:20 9578 -23534 T- pp -0.2619 2.4082 1.3469 363.9 225.3 86.1
42 05 0115 Apr 26 16:44:15 9406 -23311 T -t -0.3370 2.2682 1.2113 359.2 219.4 70.5
43 06 0133 May 06 23:20:42 9234 -23088 T -t -0.4163 2.1205 1.0679 353.3 211.5 41.8
44 07 0151 May 18 05:55:48 9062 -22865 P -t -0.4975 1.9696 0.9208 346.2 201.4 -
45 08 0169 May 28 12:29:57 8891 -22642 P -t -0.5803 1.8161 0.7707 337.9 188.7 -
46 09 0187 Jun 08 19:04:52 8720 -22419 P -t -0.6630 1.6628 0.6204 328.3 173.2 -
47 10 0205 Jun 19 01:42:04 8549 -22196 P -t -0.7444 1.5122 0.4723 317.7 154.3 -
48 11 0223 Jun 30 08:23:17 8378 -21973 P -t -0.8231 1.3666 0.3288 306.1 131.2 -
49 12 0241 Jul 10 15:10:04 8206 -21750 P -t -0.8980 1.2284 0.1922 293.7 102.0 -
50 13 0259 Jul 21 22:02:33 8034 -21527 P -t -0.9690 1.0975 0.0625 280.6 59.1 -
51 14 0277 Aug 01 05:03:37 7861 -21304 N -t -1.0338 0.9783 -0.0559 267.4 - -
52 15 0295 Aug 12 12:13:01 7688 -21081 N -t -1.0926 0.8701 -0.1636 254.2 - -
53 16 0313 Aug 22 19:32:44 7514 -20858 N -t -1.1438 0.7761 -0.2573 241.6 - -
54 17 0331 Sep 03 03:01:45 7339 -20635 N -t -1.1882 0.6945 -0.3388 229.6 - -
55 18 0349 Sep 13 10:42:02 7163 -20412 N -h -1.2247 0.6274 -0.4058 219.0 - -
56 19 0367 Sep 24 18:32:06 6986 -20189 N -h -1.2542 0.5733 -0.4599 209.8 - -
57 20 0385 Oct 05 02:31:49 6808 -19966 N -h -1.2768 0.5317 -0.5012 202.2 - -
58 21 0403 Oct 16 10:41:10 6630 -19743 N -h -1.2926 0.5025 -0.5300 196.5 - -
59 22 0421 Oct 26 18:58:40 6452 -19520 N -a -1.3024 0.4841 -0.5477 192.6 - -
60 23 0439 Nov 07 03:23:48 6274 -19297 N -a -1.3072 0.4747 -0.5559 190.2 - -
61 24 0457 Nov 17 11:53:00 6096 -19074 N -a -1.3095 0.4696 -0.5592 188.7 - -
62 25 0475 Nov 28 20:27:36 5918 -18851 N -a -1.3082 0.4709 -0.5557 188.3 - -
63 26 0493 Dec 09 05:03:29 5742 -18628 N -a -1.3062 0.4732 -0.5506 188.0 - -
64 27 0511 Dec 20 13:40:30 5565 -18405 N -a -1.3042 0.4752 -0.5453 187.7 - -
65 28 0529 Dec 30 22:14:57 5388 -18182 N -a -1.3046 0.4724 -0.5441 186.5 - -
66 29 0548 Jan 11 06:47:52 5213 -17959 N -a -1.3071 0.4655 -0.5465 184.6 - -
67 30 0566 Jan 21 15:15:54 5039 -17736 N -a -1.3141 0.4503 -0.5568 181.1 - -
68 31 0584 Feb 01 23:38:54 4867 -17513 N -a -1.3256 0.4264 -0.5754 175.9 - -
69 32 0602 Feb 12 07:55:24 4695 -17290 N -a -1.3431 0.3917 -0.6046 168.5 - -
70 33 0620 Feb 23 16:05:46 4526 -17067 N -a -1.3661 0.3465 -0.6442 158.5 - -
71 34 0638 Mar 06 00:08:14 4357 -16844 N -a -1.3962 0.2885 -0.6964 144.9 - -
72 35 0656 Mar 16 08:04:06 4190 -16621 N -a -1.4322 0.2196 -0.7597 126.7 - -
73 36 0674 Mar 27 15:52:43 4025 -16398 N -a -1.4746 0.1390 -0.8348 101.2 - -
74 37 0692 Apr 06 23:36:07 3862 -16175 Ne -a -1.5217 0.0499 -0.9187 60.9 - -
[1] The Moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to Earth's orbit around the Sun. The points where the lunar orbit intersects the plane of Earth's orbit are known as the nodes. The Moon moves from south to north of Earth's orbit at the ascending node, and from north to south at the descending node.
[2]Greatest eclipse is defined as the instant when Moon passes closest to the axis of Earth's shadow.
The Gregorian calendar is used for all dates from 1582 Oct 15 onwards. Before that date, the Julian calendar is used. For more information on this topic, see Calendar Dates. The Julian calendar does not include the year 0. Thus the year 1 BCE is followed by the year 1 CE (See: BCE/CE Dating Conventions ). This is awkward for arithmetic calculations. Years in this catalog are numbered astronomically and include the year 0. Historians should note there is a difference of one year between astronomical dates and BCE dates. Thus, the astronomical year 0 corresponds to 1 BCE, and astronomical year -1 corresponds to 2 BCE, etc..
The coordinates of the Sun used in these predictions are based on the VSOP87 theory [Bretagnon and Francou, 1988]. The Moon's coordinates are based on the ELP-2000/82 theory [Chapront-Touze and Chapront, 1983]. For more information, see: Solar and Lunar Ephemerides. The revised value used for the Moon's secular acceleration is n-dot = -25.858 arc-sec/cy*cy, as deduced from the Apollo lunar laser ranging experiment (Chapront, Chapront-Touze, and Francou, 2002).
The largest uncertainty in the eclipse predictions is caused by fluctuations in Earth's rotation due primarily to tidal friction of the Moon. The resultant drift in apparent clock time is expressed as ΔT and is determined as follows:
A series of polynomial expressions have been derived to simplify the evaluation of ΔT for any time from -1999 to +3000. The uncertainty in ΔT over this period can be estimated from scatter in the measurements.
The Besselian elements used in the predictions were kindly provided by Jean Meeus. All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data originally published in Five Millennium Canon of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 and Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000.
Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:
"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC)"
